scombroid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
scombroid (not comparable)
- Pertaining to mackerel.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy […]
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
scombroid (countable and uncountable, plural scombroids)
- (countable) Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
- (uncountable) A form of food poisoning caused by spoiled fish.